69cm (27in) long. See a similar bronze sword of similar size, Eastern Zhou or Han dynasty, illustrated by J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, p.164, no.65.

More than 3,000 years ago, a long sword emblazoned with the insignia of ... finding a shimmering bronze blade with the intricacies of an ornamental cartouche — the personal emblem used by ...

Now, researchers have discovered that the Iron Age weapons are actually pastiches: Not long ago, their original iron blades were replaced with bronze ones. After officials confiscated the swords ...

A rare sword presented to a naval captain for his heroics at the Battle of Trafalgar is being sold 219 years later and is expected to fetch up to £110,000. The exquisite bronze gilt sword was ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a more than 3,000-year-old bronze sword from a burial site in Germany — and the blade is in such pristine condition that it "almost still shines," said local ...

One is a part of a mold carved on both sides of a stone for casting bronze swords and spears, measuring 9 centimeters in length, 4.6 cm in width and 1.6 cm in thickness. The other is a part of a ...

Instead of the small stumps of iron that are often all that is left of the blades in ancient swords when they are discovered in Iran, the forgers attached different blades made of bronze ...

Neutron tomography, which uses neutrons rather than photons to create images ... uncovered that the swords had been altered ...

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The long tapering blade with bevelled edges and with a distinct median ridge decorated with a criss-cross lattice pattern, the hilt with two circular flanges below a circular, dished pommel. 54cm (21 ...

The swords were being held at the British Museum, which received permission from Iranian authorities to investigate and analyse them prior to returning them (Getty Images) By scanning the swords ...